The End

The end of a friend can cause your life to bend and you don't know where you're at. I knew when I saw him in his open casket, his turtleneck sweater hiding how he died. And when I saw it close and lower to his final resting place that this pain would never mend. He was a godsend, my best friend. Now I understand what Janis Joplin meant, for I would trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday. One who has never felt this loss could never comprehend. The End of a friend can cause your life to bend with a pain that will never end.

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